Justin Pfeiffer

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  Know Your MAG: DJ Yuzo Koshiro

  Know Your MAG: DJ Yuzo Koshiro 11.16.12 | Justin Pfeiffer | 3 Comments

  We all know Yuzo Koshiro as the composer: PC-8801 wizard who gave us The Scheme and Misty Blue, early Falcom icon who contributed to Ys and Sorcerian, Sega legend who put Streets of Rage and Shinobi music on the map, the man who composed Enix’s Actraiser, Super Adventure Island, and more recently Etrian Odyssey, 7th [...]

• Game Music, Japanese

  S.S.T. Band and Motoaki Furukawa Collide

  S.S.T. Band and Motoaki Furukawa Collide 03.01.12 | Justin Pfeiffer | Comment?

  This Saturday will see the resurgence of two game music performing legends: Blind Spot (formerly SEGA S.S.T Band) and Motoaki Furukawa, the original headmaster of Konami Kukeiha Club. The two will combine forces in Osaka for a performance aptly named “Blind Spot with Motoaki Furukawa”, set to give old game music fans a treat from [...]

• Game Music

  Watch JDK Band Live 2010, Live!

  Watch JDK Band Live 2010, Live! 08.20.10 | Justin Pfeiffer | 7 Comments

  That’s right.  Last minute update: Falcom just announced that their JDK Band summer concert on August 21st, 2010 at Liquid Room in Tokyo will be broadcasted live for everyone around the world via USTREAM.  Lucky you!  I’ll be there in person for both shows of course. The first stage is a dramatic performance by the [...]

• Game Music

  Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga Dated, Pack-Ins Revealed

  Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga Dated, Pack-Ins Revealed 04.21.10 | Justin Pfeiffer | 10 Comments

  More Falcom news!  In an official press release by Falcom, the company has revealed that first pressing limited editions of their PSP fighting spin-off title, Ys vs. Sora no Kiseki: Alternative Saga, are set to include a bonus package called “Falcom Collective Music Files” which will include three parts.  First is the Ys. vs. Sora [...]

• Game Music

  JDK Band 2010 Concert Date Announced

  JDK Band 2010 Concert Date Announced 04.16.10 | Justin Pfeiffer | 2 Comments

  Yay, Japan gets a concert!  It’s been a while since we heard anything new from Falcom.  In our last Falcom post, we talked about the jdk Special CD included with the PSP version of The Oath in Felghana, which comes out next week on April 22nd.  Falcom has uploaded some clips to from the album [...]

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  Ys III: Oath in Felghana is Back for the PSP With a JDK Band Bonus CD

  Ys III: Oath in Felghana is Back for the PSP With a JDK Band Bonus CD 01.22.10 | Justin Pfeiffer | 5 Comments

  Heads up Ys fans.  Ys III remake for Windows, The Oath in Felghana, is being ported to PSP in Japan on April 22, 2010 and first-print editions will include a bonus CD called Ys: The Oath in Felghana jdk Special.  Despite the nostalgic “jdk Special” title, a term that was formerly reserved for Sound Team [...]

• Game Music

  Lufia Series Returns, and so Does its Music!

  Lufia Series Returns, and so Does its Music! 01.18.10 | Justin Pfeiffer | 6 Comments

  Back in 1993, a simple RPG titled Lufia (Estpolis in Japan) came out for the SNES.  It was succeeded in 1995 by a game that some people considered one of the greatest RPGs of the 16-bit era: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals.  This game featured traditional RPG elements fused with ingenious puzzle-based dungeons that [...]

• Game Music

  Catch a Glimpse of Ys SEVEN – Falcom JDK Band Live Summer Festival 2009

  Catch a Glimpse of Ys SEVEN – Falcom JDK Band Live Summer Festival 2009 09.15.09 | Justin Pfeiffer | 7 Comments

  [Editor's note: Here we are again with an amazing concert writeup from Justin Pfeiffer, one of our correspondents from Japan. He previously brought you some lengthy impressions from EXTRA - Hyper Game Music Event 2008, and now has impressions from Falcom's JDK Band Live Summer Festival 2009.  It's a great read, so check it out!] [...]

• Game Music

  EXTRA – HYPER GAME MUSIC EVENT 2008: Completest Impressions From Japan

  EXTRA – HYPER GAME MUSIC EVENT 2008: Completest Impressions From Japan 11.07.08 | Justin Pfeiffer | 6 Comments

  [Editor's Note: Contributor Justin Pfeiffer is our man in Japan, and I think he's trying to compete with Crystal's Joe Hisaishi concert coverage with the length on this one. This comprehensive report is absolutely worth the read if, like me and mostly everyone else outside of Japan, you couldn't make it to EXTRA 2008] Coolest [...]

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